Margarita [No Name Given] and Pat Medige
Margarita [No Name Given] and Pat Medige Margarita [No Name Given] and Pat Medige

Margarita [No Name Given] and Pat Medige

Recorded June 24, 2023 Archived June 24, 2023 34:22 minutes
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Id: mby022840

Description

Colleagues Margarita [No Name Given] (31) and Pat Medige (57) share a conversation about immigration, focusing in particular on Margarita's experience coming to the United States and eventually gaining DACA status. Margarita also reflects on the importance of education to her as she and Pat discuss both the opportunities and obstacles that immigrants face in the U.S.

Subject Log / Time Code

0:30
Margarita [No Name Given] (M) details her family's background in Oaxaca, Mexico, and describes when she first came to the United States from Mexico.
1:45
M remembers being detained and deported when she was a young girl.
5:25
M describes laying on the floor of a van during a border crossing.
9:00
M talks about adjusting to going to school in North Carolina, remembers some of the names she was called, and recalls being different from most of the other kids.
15:45
Pat Medige (PM) asks M about the opportunities she felt she had after coming to the U.S., and M talks about her milestones in education.
19:40
M recalls deciding to work to support herself to finish high school after her dad wanted her to drop out.
23:20
M talks about when DACA came around in 2012 and the advancements she was able to make in her education after gaining DACA status.
27:45
PM asks M what some common misconceptions about immigrants are.
30:35
M thanks PM for her work as an attorney and her advocacy for undocumented people.

Participants

  • Margarita [No Name Given]
  • Pat Medige

Recording Locations

Plaza of the Rockies

Venue / Recording Kit